PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Pilkington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pilkington kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is click me. Singh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amazing- Kanye West kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pilkington
vs
Singh

170 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Pilkington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sid Singh!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pilkington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pilkington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Singh but Singh pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Singh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pilkington wants to control but Singh is keeping busy.
Singh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pilkington does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Singh stalling away here and it's allowed Pilkington to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Singh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pilkington is keeping the position for now.

Pilkington has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Singh can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Singh looking to sit in guard and control but Pilkington gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Singh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Singh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Singh wants to sweep here but Pilkington controlling him for the moment.
Pilkington trying to control the position from guard on top but Singh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Singh kicks Pilkington off and gets to his feet.
Singh looks gassed!
Singh avoids the head kick by Pilkington.
Pilkington throws a head kick that misses.

Pilkington closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Singh to the mat! Singh manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh looking for a sweep. Not yet Singh, not yet.
Pilkington tries to stand but Singh is controlling from the bottom.

Singh is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pilkington is aware though and is defending well.

Singh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pilkington scoring with some ground and pound.

Pilkington thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Singh has his hands on Pilkington's head, controlling the position.
Pilkington working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pilkington wants to control from the top but Singh keeps moving.

Singh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Singh is looking to sweep but instead, Pilkington has passed into half guard.
Pilkington working Singh over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pilkington in particular looking to stall.
Pilkington stops Singh from getting back to his feet.
Singh tries to roll over but Pilkington keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pilkington trying to pass the guard but Singh defending well.
Singh has hold of Pilkington's hands but Pilkington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Singh is looking to improve his position.
Pilkington trying to control from half guard but Singh is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Singh swats away the attempt to clinch by Pilkington.

Pilkington scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Singh wants to control but Pilkington is keeping busy.
Singh is trying to get back to full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Singh looking for a kimura from the bottom but Pilkington passes into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Singh is looking for a sweep.
Pilkington lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Singh down.
Pilkington trying to control the position but Singh is working away.
Singh tries to buck Pilkington off but Pilkington is having none of it.
Singh is trying to work for a sweep but Pilkington has mounted him!

Pilkington working for a guillotine from mount but Singh is in no mood to give up.
Pilkington controlling his opponent.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Singh wants to control but Pilkington is having none of it.
Singh is trying desperately to improve position.

Pilkington working for a guillotine from mount but Singh is in no mood to give up.
Pilkington wants to control the pace but Singh is squirming around nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Singh really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Singh wants to control but Pilkington is having none of it.
Singh working to try and regain half guard.
Singh is in a horrible position here. Pilkington smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Singh tries to reverse the position but Pilkington maintains control.
Pilkington lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Pilkington is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Singh has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Singh tries to reverse the position but Pilkington maintains control.
Singh is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Pilkington is going olschool here, as he tries to force Singh to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Singh shrugs it off.
Singh sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Pilkington is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Singh defends it well.

Singh actively working from the bottom here.
Singh trying to hold on to Pilkington's head to control him but Pilkington postures up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Singh tries to kick Pilkington off but Pilkington keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Singh looking for submissions off his back.

Singh looking for submissions off his back.
Pilkington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pilkington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Pilkington showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pilkington has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Michael Pilkington!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Michael Pilkington!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Michael Pilkington!

Michael Pilkington wins by unanimous decision!